Browse past news stories for Western Albemarle High School in Crozet, VA.

• WAHS Students Give Crozet Park a Facelift (WCAV Charlottesville)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 09:43:37 pm
  Students at Western Albemarle High School began work on a face lift project for Claudius Crozet Park Wednesday and that was just one of several community service efforts underway.
• WAHS Students Spruce Up Crozet Park (NBC 29 Charlottesville)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 08:01:54 pm
  Ninth graders at Western Albemarle High School took part in an inaugural community service day Wednesday.
• Cavs practice. You’re invited. (The Hook)
  posted on June 9, 2009 at 05:43:40 pm
  UVA’s College World Series-bound baseball team gets ready for the big game in Omaha Saturday, and fans are invited to see the home team practice Wednesday, June 10, at 5:30pm at Davenport Field. The practice is free, and given the heightened anticipation for the golden Cavs, it’s expected to be packed. Concessions will be open.
• 9am County turnout at two percent (The Hook)
  posted on June 9, 2009 at 04:13:50 pm
  This was the 9am scene at Hollymead Elementary, where an official reported just 60 folks had voted by 9am. Overall, in Albemarle County, the 9am turnout for the Democratic gubernatorial primary was 1,407 voters— approximately 2% of the registered voter. Next measure at 1pm.
• WAHS makes Newsweek list of best high schools (The Hook)
  posted on June 9, 2009 at 02:58:40 pm
  For the sixth consecutive year, Western Albemarle High School has made Newsweek ’s list of America’s Top Public High Schools. The list is based on the ratio of Advanced Placement tests taken by its students to the number of total students at the school, and WAHS finds itself ranked 1,179th in the country on this year’s list . This represents a tumble of sorts for the Warriors, having come in the ...
• Home free: Paperwork error nearly exiled local family (The Hook)
  posted on April 27, 2009 at 10:19:25 pm
  Paulien and Gerard van Dijk returned home earlier this month after an omission on an immigration form filed nearly a year ago left them and their three children stranded on the Dutch island of Curaçao. PHOTO BY LINDSAY BARNES When Dutch citizens turned Crozet residents Gerard and Paulien van Dijk were preparing their application for permanent residency in the United States seven years after ...
• Teen inmate: Still at large, still unidentified (The Hook)
  posted on March 27, 2009 at 04:43:54 pm
  The rest area on I-64 west is where the teen jumped out the window and escaped. PHOTO COURTESY VDOT The juvenile whose March 26 morning escape caused six Western Albemarle schools to lock their doors is still on the lam, and police have not released his name nor his photograph. The 16-year-old Charlottesville resident with a history of breaking and entering was traveling to a behavioral facility ...
• Teen Inmate Escapes from Police (NBC 29 Charlottesville)
  posted on March 26, 2009 at 07:16:22 pm
  A teen inmate escaped from police custody in western Albemarle County late Thursday morning.
• Local Students Honored at Art Competition (WCAV Charlottesville)
  posted on March 24, 2009 at 09:04:07 pm
  Albemarle County Public Schools announced Tuesday that several area Elementary, Middle, and High School students earned honors at the 2009 Virginia School Boards Association's Central Virginia Regional Art Contest.
• Gloucester relay team’s record still stands nine years later (The Cape Ann Beacon)
  posted on March 19, 2009 at 12:58:28 am
  It’s a small world for Gloucester native Tristan Colangelo.
• In the Service (The Staunton News Leader)
  posted on March 11, 2009 at 07:14:47 am
  LAWTON, Okla. —Army Pvt. Joseph A. Zodhiates and Army Pvt. Joshua D. Becker have graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill.
• Waddell Elementary Destination Imagination Team Does Well (Rockbridge Weekly)
  posted on March 9, 2009 at 11:09:39 pm
  In their first DI competition, Waddell’s team placed 6th out of 15 teams competing in the same category. They performed a live music video depicting their chosen piece of literature – James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.